FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICES SONGS

1. Hatikvah "The Hope"
Kol-od ba-le-vav p'ni-ma
Nefesh Y'hu-di ho-mi-ya,
Ul'fa-atey miz-rach ka-dima
Ayin L'-Tzi-yon tzo-fi-ya,
Od lo av-da tik-va-tey-nu
Ha-tik-va bat sh'not al-pa-yim
Li-yot am chof-shi b'-artzenu
Eretz Tzi-yon viru-shalayim.
Li-yot am chof-shi b'-artzenu
Eretz Tzi-yon viru-shalayim.

2.Zum gali-gali gali
Zum, gali-gali-gali,
Zum gali-gali,
Zum, gali-gali-gali,
Zum gali-gali,
(one group continues to sing this behind the verses)
Eh-chalutz leh mon avo-dah,
Avo-dah lah mon eh-chalutz.
Eh-chalutz leh mon avo-dah,
Avo-dah lah mon eh-chalutz.

3.'Tumba'
Tumba-a Tumba-a Tumba-a Tumba-a
(Half the group continues to sing the word "Tumba" as a bass line, while
the other half sings Eli-eli etc:
Eli-eli, Eli-eli, Eli-eli, Eli-eli, Ahhhh
Ah Ah ah ah ah ahhhh.
Ah Ah ah ah ah ahhhh
Ah Ah ah ah-ah - Tumba,
Tumba, Tumba, Tumba
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Tumba tumba tum-ba tumba te , Tumba tumba tum-ba tum-ba te
Ah Ah ah ah ahhhh...............Ah Ah ah ah ahhhh (beat)
(at top of lungs) TUMBA!

SONGS THAT WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF CAMP

4.GOD BLESS AMERICA
Land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans, white with foam.
God bless America, my home sweet home.
God bless America, my home sweet home.

5. CAMP SONG
a) Tramp, tramp, tramp
It's time to go to camp
To which one do we go
To Stern Summer Camp

b) We work and play
Sing and are all gay
Where do we have so much fun
At Stern Summer Camp

c) Red and White
Is our campers sight
As cheerful as a camper's smile
At Stern Summer Camp

d) Green Green Green
Is it nature's scene
The trees and meadows and the lawn
At Stern Summer Camp .

e) Gold and Blue
What does that mean to you .
At Stern Summer Camp

f) We eat until we burst
Drink milk for our thirst
Come home all tan and strong
From Stern Summer Camp
g) SSC Reunion in '03
Old friends in this new century
They are the friendship colors
That's Stern Summer Camp

6, UP IN PINE BUSH NEW YORK
There's a camp I know
Happy days among the sunshine rays
Where life is full of simple melody
Good ol' Stern Summer Camp
Dear ol' friends
Happy be your fate
And we'll sigh when have to say
Goodbye to Stern Summer Camp
Rah Rah Rah....

7. Thank you for the world so sweet
Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the birds that sing
Thank you God for everything.

8. Today is Monday, today is Monday,
Monday, bread and butter
All you happy campers, come on to Sterns Camp. (from beginning)
Tuesday, green beans.............Wednesday, soup, Thursday ?????
Friday, fi-ish...............Saturday, roast beef.............. Sunday,
meatloaf.

9. DAY IS DONE
a) Gone the sun,
From the earth from the hills
From the sky
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh....

b) Good night people
Good night people
Good night people
It's time to go to bed

c) Merrily we roll along
roll along
roll along
Merrily we roll along
Off to our Beds

d) Now run along home
and Jump into bed
Say your prayers
And cover your head

e) The very same thing
I say unto you,
You dream of Me, and I'll dream of you Ë(accompanied by indiscriminate and
sometimes painful poking)

10. IT SEEMS THAT CAMP TAKES A LONG TIME
(tune: "Hi Lili, Hilo". Lyric by Larry Stempel (Blue Viking song)
debut performance in 1958 By Jackie Neumeyer

It seems that camp takes a long time
But after it's over I see
That every joy that I shared in camp
Is just a memory

As time goes on I'll remember
Those times that so quickly flee

I'll sit at my window and watch the rain
I'll ponder of old SSC
I wish that I could be back there again
Cause that place means so much to me.

11. FRIENDS, FRIENDS, FRIENDS
We will always be
Whether in fair or in dark stormy weather
Stern Summer Camp will keep us together
The gold and blue
We will e'er be true
Love will (something)
Till ( ) separate us
We're friends, friends, friends.

12. ROUND ABOUT THE BLAZING CAMPFIRE LIGHT
We have met in comradeship tonight
Round about the whispering trees
Guard our golden memories
And so before we close our eyes to sleep
Let us pledge each other for to keep
Camping friendships strong and deep
Till we meet again.

13. FLAPPERS SONG - 1959
(tune: "That's Entertainment" lyric by Shirley Gola)
Clap hands as the Flappers appear
For you know, we're the greatest this year
We're the top, We're the cream of the crop
SSC Flappers

You'll shout, shout hooray when we meet
For you soon will be down at our feet
It's been true since we made our debut
SSC Flappers

We charmed all the boys that we ever knew
And now we've come to conquer you
We can make you feel just like new
So (appraise)us, (and praise) us, Give out a great cheer for us.

If you thought the Charmers were grand
You should see us performing on land
We admit, '59's greatest hit
This year's greatest group
We are quite a troupe,
SSC Flappers.

14. OH, THEY BUILT THE SHIP TITANIC
To sail the ocean blue
And they thought they'd built a ship that the water wouldn't go through
So they christened it with beer
And it sank right off the peer
It was sad when the great ship went down.

CHORUS: Oh it was sad. Oh it was sad
It was sad when the great ship went down
To the bottom of the
Husbands and wives little children lost their lives
It was sad when the great ship went down.
(If anyone knows any other verses, sing out...)

15. IN A COTTAGE IN A WOOD
Little man by the window stood
Saw a rabbit running by
Knocking at the door
"Help me, help me, help, me" he cried
Or the hunter shoot me dead
Little rabbit come inside
Safely you'll abide.
(repeated with leaving last line out successively, filled in by matching
gestures.........usually sung at bench in front of dining porch)

COLOR WAR SONGS

16. 1956 GOLDEN PLATTERS
(tune: You're Just in Love lyrics by Larry Stempel)
GIRLS: We keep piling up those victories,
We have got the blue team on their knees
Let us sing it with a mighty yell: Go back you Devils, down to hell.
We've got you beaten, that's for sure, For your illness, there just is no
cure.
Why keep trying, it is just a strain,Why bother to prolong the (something)
pain?
BOYS: Did you see a good psycho, Did he tell you where to go?
If he didn't, we'll tell you now.
Take your girls and your boys, You're not playing with toys,
Send them off with a great big POW.
Your team's falling to pieces, How 'bout straightening those creases,
Your team's sinking and going fast.
There is no need to deny it, For you know you'd cause a riot
Your winning days have passed! (AND THEN, TOGETHER)

17. 1958 VIKINGS
(Entrance song. Lyrics: L. Stempel)
Though we may not suit all your likings you will soon find out that the
Vikings
Have the team blessed with Odin's power to keep on winning hour by hour
The Viking spirit strong with valor, Victory sends us to Valhalla
So we try with all our might to win with all honor in this fight.
Can't you see that your struggling is futile against our force?
Try to beat us Defeat will be your only course.
Old Sam's Point has started in shaking With the news that swiftly is breaking
Throughout all the Shawangunk farms. Now hear the Viking call to arms:
The Vikings are striking with mighty blows to wipe out all our foes
We'll fight for what's right for...The victory's in our hands, SSC knows.

18. 1958 VIKINGS (cont.d)
(tune: U.N. Hymn, lyrics by L. Stempel)
One decade ago they decided a camp up near Pine Bush should be
When Ellen and Gerry collided and founded good old SSC
Its fame spread fast, until at last, we all came here
A camper's smile made life worthwhile with summer cheer. (2x)
The Sheldons and Schmultzes came calling a bright and a warm August day
One look at the new overhauling soon made them decide they should stay
A caddy-junk, a brand new bunk, A TV set
To Tilson Lake for swimming's sake was great you bet. (2x)

19. Vikings (cont'd) (Lyrics: L. Stempel)
Oh, Gerhard, Oh Gerhard
You must come over Gerhard
Lilo's not here to answer the phone
Cesari is coming and no one is home
I'm nervous, I'm nervous
We won't get no more service
My work is deep, I need my sleep,
So hurry, hurry over Gerhard!

Oh Ellen, Oh Ellen
Don't cut the watermelon
I'm nearly going out of my head
It's curfew time and no one's in bed
I'm shaking, I'm breaking
The kiddos are all waking
The laundry still is on the porch
So hurry, hurry over Ellen!

20. 1959 WARLOCKS Entrance song
(tune: Symphony No. 7, Shostakovich. [only here!] Lyrics, L. Stempel)
Camp lies before us...We march to conquer....Swell to a chorus...
The voices of the Blue Team, The spirit of this new team.
Will lead on to victory.
Rhythm of drums foretells the Warlocks will beat them, defeat them and eat
them.....
We must be cautious; Gold makes us nauseous!

21. WARLOCKS (cont'd)
(tune: Mr. Sandman. Lyrics, Hank Edelman)
Gerhard Bucky, you're just a scream
Leave your piano and watch our team.
Tell Tante Ellen, stop picking up papers,
And not to fall for any gold team capers.

Doctor, aspirins quick,
We know for certain the gold will get sick.
By the time the judges wake,
We'll have burned the gold at the stake.

22 more WARLOCKS
(tune:No Business Like Show Business; Lyrics, L. Stempel)
There's no reason why this season won't be pleasin' for Blue
Gold is scared so they have kept their door locked
Sheldon's left his wife out in the cold
Orange County trembles as the Warlocks
Pile more and more knocks against the Gold.
For Paul freezes when Ann sneezes, and Evy's on her knees
Begging us that we should not compete with them
They're so afraid that we'll meet with them
Shirley's even going out all "Beat" for them in full-bodied strip tease!
Every other Color War has proved to be haphazard games, an absurdity.
Take it from the Blue Team and you'll all agree in Warlock's great Victory!

23.1961 GOLDEN TWENTIES
(tune: 5'2, Eyes of Blue. Lyrics by............?)
20's here, 20's there, 20's crowding you everywhere
Has anybody seen Blue Team?
They ran east, they ran west, They ran away from the best
Cause everybody fears Gold zest.
If you should run into a Flapper Sue, covered with gold
Ribboned hair, long legs bare, Bet your life that wild year's here
So Gold Team shouts, gold team screams
Golden 20 is a rockin' team...We have surged ahead to win.

24. 1963 GOLDEN CONTINENTALS
(lyrics, Elyce Wakerman & Portia Shapiro, I think)
a) (tune: Caro Mio Ben...dedicated to Roz Leizer)
Vatican City, the center of hope,
Vatican City, the home of the Pope.
A beautiful story, a successful fate
Make up the fame of the Papal State. (what?)

25. CONTINENTALS (tune: Doh a Deer)
C for countries we have named
O all over Europe land
N We're next to rise to fame
T Together we will stand.
I Industriously we'll fight
N We'll never lose our might.
Eagerly we'll do our best
Now to try with all our zest, we're back with
T To tell you why we're here
A Please hold back your applause
L We're laughing at Blue's fear
S So join us in our cause.
Continentals have the charm,
Blue had might as well disarm.
We don't mean to wish you ill,
but you know that win we will.

26.1964 BLUE OLYMPIANS
(tune: Scarlet Ribbons. Lyrics: Elaine Hanauer & Roz Leizer)
We hate to think of leaving people
With whom we have lived so closely
Thinking we may never see them
Unless we meet them casually.
Saying as we stop and stare,
"Do I know you from somewhere?"
But it will never be the same
As eight weeks spent at SSC.

27.1964 GOLDEN MEMORIES
a) (tune: Kids. Lyrics: Elyce & Caren Wakerman )
Cows, they are taking over our campus site
Cows, they just stroll on in here in day or night
Cows, though they're good for milking and for getting meat
On our lawn they only get in the way of our feet!
And while we're on the subject...
Why don't they stay in pastures
Where they can rove and romp
We don't want them in our comp.

27b) (tune: The Night They Invented Champagne)
The memories of 1964 Are gonna raise their score to win the Color War
In honor of days that have gone, They'll keep up their proud name,
As they march on to fame.
They'll never start yielding to blue, And before this war is through,
They'll prove they've got the might To win a major fight
The Memories will linger on And they'll stay bright.

28. 1965 BLUE DISCOVERERS ?
(tune:" As the Caissons go rolling along" Lyrics by...........?)
We are off, bye to all, boy the earth sure does look small
And who knows what we'll meet up ahead

We must watch the controls to make sure that our course holds
For the space ship we'll see up ahead

For at Mars we'll be making history, just like discoverers of old
For although we fear, we are of good cheer
Cause like spacemen, we're hearty and bold.

Song for the REUNION
(tune "I Am 16 Going on 17" Lyrics, Elyce Wakerman)

We are fifty-five going on sixty-five
Aren't we old for camp?
People not here must think that we're queer
To sing things like tramp, tramp tramp.

We are parents and teachers and therapists
Some with our PhD's
Kids that we raised are grown and amazed
We're wearing our old-time T's.

Pine Bush is just a place for some
"Get over it," they say
It's not a place where Jews should come
It's for the KKK.

We are fifty-five going on seventeen
Some things you don't outgrow
Schnitzel and color war
Dining porch, furthermore
Bottle caps, singing Taps
Steal the Flag, playing tag
Punch the ball, hit the ball
Catch the ball, Have a ball,
Watch the ball, mail call
Come home all tan and strong
From Sterns Summer Camp.

**********************************2003********************************
I want to thank Hank Edelman, Harry Reis, and Larry Stempel for their help
with compiling this treasure trove of tunes. Until next time,

Elyce